Right now I have the stock ATT Tilt rom on my phone with the original 1.27 radio drivers I think.
I'm new to flashing cell phones but have been reading a lot on here so I am wondering if this is the right way to go about things. Here is my though process...
Take a Sprite backup of my phone and save to storage card.
Install HardSPL so I can actually flash a cooked rom.
Flash the cooked rom
Pretend I don't like 'x' rom and want to go back to how I was
Flash original ATT rom back to phone.
Restore backup.
Is that possible or the right way to go about this? I like the way my phone is now but am looking to get a little more speed/performance out of it while still being able to run all the apps that I use.
I guess I'm just looking to go back to the way it was in the event that I don't like 'x' rom.
Yes you can pretty much how you listed it.
Great, thanks. I'll have to try one of the roms in a couple days. There are so many great ones to choose from.
Flash original ATT rom back to phone.
Just make sure you have downloaded the correct ATT rom (and if required radio) for when/if you flash back.
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I was in a hurry and upgraded my GF's Rogers Captivate to the leaked 2.2 ATT some time ago. It seems now that the backup I performed (via Titanium) was not the full backup I required and therefore I have no backup to revert to my Rogers stock 2.1.
Her phone is operational, it's an improvement from 2.1 Rogers stock but I've now realized that if the phone isn't actually mine to play with, its not worth playing with.
With Rogers 2.2 released there is indications that it fixes things that I/she would like resolved (mainly the SMS timestamp? and better GPS functionality?)
I would like to return to a normal state of Rogers 2.2 and then stop playing with her phone.
There is a thread here on how to return to Rogers 2.1 but it is large and has multiple solutions and warnings enough to make it seem like its not the easiest path to venture...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846501
Then again there is other threads showing how to just simply flash to a Rogers 2.2 ROM....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905655
Will there be disadvantages to taking what seems like the easy route and flashing simply to Rogers 2.2 without going through a convoluted process to revert and kies update to 2.2? Clearly I'm not fully competent regarding this and its difficult to get better when you don't yourself actually own an android phone (hence why I'm trying to bail). I just want to find the easiest way to essentially get out of the mistakes I've made, and make them as forgettable as possible. Any advice would be appreciated.
I don't see anything wrong with flashing straight to Rogers 2.2.
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I use Odin to flash stock 2.2 most simplistic way to do it. Saves you the hassle of having to deal with Kies.
I used the odin flashable file from here. No need to get the kernal/moden file it's already in the .tar
Do I need to save the APN settings or anything?
Assuming I have no interest in any personal data will flashing via odin the above mentioned I896UXJL1-HOMEBINARY.TAR bring me back completely to Rogers?
My APN settings and everything will be back to default rogers?
Will the AT&T symbol still be there on boot?
If I want to try a custom ROM in the future will I be able to do it from here, or will I need to flash to 2.1 or some other stock ROM?
I can't seem to install CWR in my current state, will this potentially change that?
Uc an use ODIN to flash back to 2.2 Rogers but I am afraid u will stll see At & T logo when u boot it up
There is a thread to replace that logo as well
The AT&T thing doesn't really bother me.
I left this problem and didn't deal with it because her phone was working fine and I would have rather not touched it. The problem now is that Rogers in Vancouver had some massive downtime a few days ago and now her phone refuses to run data. Voice is fine, I modified and played with the APN settings to no avail.
After testing the SIM and some other options it seems that I'm left with no other choice but to conclude that this is my fault and I guess going forward on flashing a stock 2.2 Rogers hopefully will resolve this.
Is there an international rom for the Atrix 2 yet, ive flashed a few roms but they are all still loaded with AT&T stuff.
has ANYONE got a link to motorolas stock firmwares?
id quite like to flash back to my stock rom (telecome New Zealand)
if anyone can help me ill bow down
I don't think there's an FXZ for New Zealand yet.
This is why it's recommended to do a cwm backup before flashing new roms.
Daywalker04 might be the guy to go to to get fastboot files tracked down, though I think he needs some of the details about the system to find the fastboot files for us...
Hopefully there's another kiwi around here that can back up the system for you to do a restore.
Note that most of the AT&T stuff can be removed...
I'm kind of interested in the build numbers for Telecom NZ's Atrix 2 firmware.
Thanks, its not actually my phone, before the guy did a backup he used titanium backup to remove some stuff he didnt want, in his haste he deleted something that was related to contacts and he couldnt add contacts anymore, at that stage it was to late to make a CWM backup.
He flashed someone elses CWM backup but it went into a bootloop and wouldnt start at all, so he flashed a custom rom from here but it was AT&T and he couldnt get any service.
hes currently on rebel rom but desperately wants it back to stock (hes a 52 year old man) he was even gona go as far as paying a mobile repair site to fix it back to stock.
I realise this is now an old topic. But, here http://sbf.droid-developers.org/edison/list.php
Hi, I'm new to flashing ROM's and wanted to give this a try, but I had a few questions (I searched and read the wiki, but I didn't see these specific questions):
I have the Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket on ATT. I'm rooted on Stock GB 2.3.6
1. I wanted to try flashing this ROM([ROM][CyanogenMod 9 (unofficial)][TeamChopsticks][Alpha 1 - 4/26]), Can I come from gingerbread if I follow the instructions in post 1? Or do I need to have an ICS leak installed first?
2. I assume I can revert back to my rooted-stock ROM by using CWM with my current restore point?
3. If I restore the backup from step-2, does it restore the original radio (the UCLA3 radio)? Or am I stuck with the new one? Any disadvantes to just leaving the new one installed?
4. When flashing the new radio, is it just like flashing a ROM in CWM?
5. How would I get all my apps back on the custom ROM? (I know the contacts are linked to the google cloud) I have titanium backup pro installed now, but I read something about not restoring the apps across different ROMs?
6. If I decide to go back to my stock ROM after looking at a few custom ROMs, would I be able to get the ATT OTA updates? (I know I'd need to un-root and un-freeze all the bloatware, but I assume installing the custom ROM's would trigger the flash counter?)
7. I keep hearing about the "yellow triangle" when the flash counter is triggered. Does it only happen at boot and go away after that? Or is it always there?
Thanks in advance!
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Hi, I'm new to flashing ROM's and wanted to give this a try, but I had a few questions (I searched and read the wiki, but I didn't see these specific questions):
I have the Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket on ATT. I'm rooted on Stock GB 2.3.6
1. I wanted to try flashing this ROM([ROM][CyanogenMod 9 (unofficial)][TeamChopsticks][Alpha 1 - 4/26]), Can I come from gingerbread if I follow the instructions in post 1? Or do I need to have an ICS leak installed first?
2. I assume I can revert back to my rooted-stock ROM by using CWM with my current restore point?
3. If I restore the backup from step-2, does it restore the original radio (the UCLA3 radio)? Or am I stuck with the new one? Any disadvantes to just leaving the new one installed?
4. When flashing the new radio, is it just like flashing a ROM in CWM?
5. How would I get all my apps back on the custom ROM? (I know the contacts are linked to the google cloud) I have titanium backup pro installed now, but I read something about not restoring the apps across different ROMs?
6. If I decide to go back to my stock ROM after looking at a few custom ROMs, would I be able to get the ATT OTA updates? (I know I'd need to un-root and un-freeze all the bloatware, but I assume installing the custom ROM's would trigger the flash counter?)
7. I keep hearing about the "yellow triangle" when the flash counter is triggered. Does it only happen at boot and go away after that? Or is it always there?
Thanks in advance!
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1) if you're a newb I wouldn't recommend flashing alpha versions of anything
2)You can revert back
3)No, flash a ginger radio before restoring
4)Yes, wipe cache/dalvik cache
5)You can restore apps accross the same OS, but I never do
6)Yes, if you're on official software. It wont trigger unless you flash with odin or sometimes a custom kernel like cm will trigger it. No big deal, we have a counter reset.
7)only at boot, we have counter reset, so no worries
Wow, that was a quick reply! Thanks.
Sorry if I'm dense, I just wanted to clarify two things before proceeding.
Re 1: I also saw another ROM I wanted to try, I guess I'll do that one ([ROM]SKY ICS--- 4.2D-9). Thanks for the heads up.
Re 3: From your response, am I correct to understand I can't use an ICS radio with GB? (it just wont work? or there's no advantage to keeping it?)
Re 5: Same OS meaning inside GB based ROMs or ICS based ROMs? If I go from stock GB to custom ICS, I need to re-download each app individually?
skyrockets said:
Wow, that was a quick reply! Thanks.
Sorry if I'm dense, I just wanted to clarify two things before proceeding.
Re 1: I also saw another ROM I wanted to try, I guess I'll do that one ([ROM]SKY ICS--- 4.2D-9). Thanks for the heads up.
Re 3: From your response, am I correct to understand I can't use an ICS radio with GB? (it just wont work? or there's no advantage to keeping it?)
Re 5: Same OS meaning inside GB based ROMs or ICS based ROMs? If I go from stock GB to custom ICS, I need to re-download each app individually?
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1) very good choice, I run it and it is outstanding.
3)they will have a RIL mismatch. You can use them by deleting the system folder out of it, but I would just use the la3 radio and flash that before the rom. After a full wipe, of course.
5)Right, it ensures everything will be clean and run right.
Hey, i am new to rooting, actually the whole android intact. I decided to get a HTC ONE X after having the iPhone for a while. I have watched some videos on rooting and i think i have all that down with boot loader and stuff. I just have a few questions about other stuff regarding rooting the phone with customer ROM's.....
1) if i have a custom rom, and i get an OTA update, will that brick my phone if i do decide to update it? I know that it will take root off... but will it brick it if i just update without doing anything with custom rom?
2)Do custom roms (the one I'm looking at is the cyanogen mod for HTC ONE X) kill the battery more then normal?
3) How do you go back to stock rom if you no longer want the rom.... is it as easy as just going to the reboot screen and selecting stock rom? is the stock rom already on there or do i have to put it on there?
4) If wanted, how easy is it to un-root phone?
5) and just personal opinion, what is the best jellybean Custom rom out right now for HTC one X?
Thank you all so much!!
1 - You can't OTA update with a custom rom. Anyway, the custom roms (Sense based) are further updates than the AT&T updates.
2 - When I used CM10, it had quite a bit of wakelock but it's dependent on each phone as well. Many have great battery life.
3 - RUU
4 - When you RUU, you relock your bootloader and it brings it back to stock. Only difference is now in the bootloader, it says re-locked, not locked.
5 - CM10 is pretty good so far, but I'm a fan of AOKP.
1. The OTAs are pulled by software on the phone. Custom ROMs don't have this software and don't pull, so no need to worry.
2. Depends. Keep in mind the current JB ROMs are still a work in progress. CM10 does still have wakelocks, but its getting better.
3. Already said above. Just relock your bootloader and RUU.
4. Easy to unroot. Easy to relock. But once you unlock your bootloader your phone will never say LOCKED again. I honestly have never had an issue with it with warranty repair, but please don't be an asshat and flash a ROM for the wrong One X and then complain to AT&T.
5. Personal preference. The great things about custom ROMs is you can try a bunch out and find the one that you like. I used AOKP a while back and liked it. CM10 is pretty cool but I just had it for a few days as they work out the wakelock issues. Also check out some of the ICS ROMs. CleanROM is pretty solid as well and gives great performance. Don't necessarily limit yourself. That's the beauty of it.
On going back to stock rom, you dont necessarily need to use the ruu. After you get your phone rooted, unlocked, and a recovery for flashing your custom roms, then just make sure before you flash your first rom that you (from recovery) select factory reset (will erase all user data such as 3rd party apps and such) then perform a backup, also in recovery. Now,you have a safe stock rooted rom backup. Go flash any of the roms in this forum and at anytime you can always just go restore your stock rom back
What is the process for restoring the stock ROM? I did a backup of my ROM using CWM before installing Cyanogen. Everything is running fine (with Cyanogen), but now that I've seen how easy it is to install custom ROMs, now I want to bounce around and compare different things. To restore my stock ROM, is it literally just a simple case of doing a wipe/factory-reset, using CWM to restore, and then rebooting? That's it?
Or is there more to it?
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What is the process for restoring the stock ROM? I did a backup of my ROM using CWM before installing Cyanogen. Everything is running fine (with Cyanogen), but now that I've seen how easy it is to install custom ROMs, now I want to bounce around and compare different things. To restore my stock ROM, is it literally just a simple case of doing a wipe/factory-reset, using CWM to restore, and then rebooting? That's it?
Or is there more to it?
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That will restore the stock rom.
But NOT recovery and other extra partitions e.g. radio
The official way to set your phone back to full stock is to run a RUU (Rom Update Utility)
Ah. Ok. Thanks. I'm not familiar with running the RUU process. I'll search the threads and read up on it. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Hawkser said:
Ah. Ok. Thanks. I'm not familiar with running the RUU process. I'll search the threads and read up on it. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
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RUUs for the most models can be found HERE
The RUUs are self-explanatory
The RUU must match your "MID" (model ID) + "CID" (carrier ID)
If your phone is "S-ON" you can only use RUUs that are the same date or newer than the firmware actually installed on your phone.
If your phone is "S-OFF" you can flash any RUU / RADIO / HBOOT version you like as long its compatible with your device
+ if you phone is "S-OFF" you can change the phone's CID. E.g. for flashing a unbranded firmware on a phone that was sold as a carrier branded device
Before I run a RUU and go back to stock... it occured to me that when I put CM 10.2 on this phone, all I did was unlock the phone, install CWM, and then install the -ville zip file for CM10. That's it. Are there other steps that I should have taken? Should I have flashed the radio? I'm on T-Mobile, and I didn't install (or even see) a T-Mobile-specific version of CM10 to install on the HTC One S. The whole issue that I'm having is that I can't seem to maintain a steady data connection. My connection keeps changing modes, and disconnecting me every time it does. I'd hate to give up CM10, if it is just a simple case of needing to flash the radio or something. Or do I need to change/update the APN for T-Mobile?
TIA
Hawkser said:
Before I run a RUU and go back to stock... it occured to me that when I put CM 10.2 on this phone, all I did was unlock the phone, install CWM, and then install the -ville zip file for CM10. That's it. Are there other steps that I should have taken? Should I have flashed the radio? I'm on T-Mobile, and I didn't install (or even see) a T-Mobile-specific version of CM10 to install on the HTC One S. The whole issue that I'm having is that I can't seem to maintain a steady data connection. My connection keeps changing modes, and disconnecting me every time it does. I'd hate to give up CM10, if it is just a simple case of needing to flash the radio or something. Or do I need to change/update the APN for T-Mobile?
TIA
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Flashing another radio version may help or may not help. I'm not on T-Mobile, so I have no experience which radio offers the best reception. Have you tried another rom yet to check if you get a more constant data connection?